Category Archives: My Writing

Three Departments

My creative life can be divided into three sections: art, fiction, and poetry. I’ve been using a Moleskine Planner to help me keep track of which projects in each section I worked on for the day. And the facing pages are great for lists and brainstorming. I haven’t used a planner since I was in …

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Letters to My Future Self

Practically every prompt book I’ve worked with had at least one prompt about writing a letter to your future or younger self. This book, “Letters to My Future Self” takes the prompt to the next level, providing envelopes with a prompt on the flap, a page to write the letter, and stamps to seal it. …

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Poetry Project Update

Poetry Project #6: Less than 60 songs left from Nightwish. The goal is to finish them before the new album is released next year, and then do those songs! Poetry Project #7: I finished the Firefly episodes and the Serenity movie. So fun to write with orange ink in an orange handmade book. Poetry Project …

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Journal 18

I finished Journal 18!

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Journals 16 and 17

I’m proud to say that I made these two books. Journals 16 and 17 are complete!

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Weekly Goal

Trello has been a fantastic resource for keeping track of my to-do lists. With a smaller list of tasks to do for the week, I’ll make small steps toward completing my goals.

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The Letter Project–Letters to and from Whitney

Check out these letters to and from Whitney and the Halloween Mail Art I made for Whitney from a Turkish Map Fold Book.

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The Short List

Trello has done wonders for me this year. But even then I have felt overwhelmed by the number of projects on my to-do list. So I combined my boards for a total of  four: Writing, Short Stories, Artist’s Way, and Art Projects. And I started making goals for the week. Three to five small things …

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Three Year Anniversary

Wow! I’ve blogged about writing for three years. Check out the first post here. I took art classes, continued my list of reading goals, and developed daily writing and daily art habits. I discovered Trello and added gluten-free cooking to my arsenal. Thanks for a great year!

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15 Journals…

I can’t believe that I’ve finished 15 journals. Amazing! And the 16th one will be hand-bound. I’ve also reorganized my personal library, so my journals are now on the top shelf next to my desk.

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